"But remember what Jock Stein always said. He said, 'Look, one of the problems with Scotland is we're too focused each year on beating England and not focused enough on establishing our place across the world'.
Some generations of Scots were quite happy if we beat England - it didn't matter about all the other things. Well, the other things really matter: the European Championships, the World Cups are what we want to qualify for.
"We want to be taking on England, not just in friendlies; we want to be taking on England in the later stages of these competitions. That should be our target, not absorbed with the be-all and end-all of a match against England."
Surprisingly, it was Diego's mate.
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>>"But remember what Jock Stein always said. He said, 'Look, one of the problems with Scotland is we're too focused each year on beating England and not focused enough on establishing our place across the world'.<<
Most Scotland fans of this era were also Rangers fans who have a similar attitude about beating the tic. Nowadays many Rangers fans are England fans with only the more level headed ones still with Scotland. It is safe to say that we have grown up a wee bit as a nation now.
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